ARISTOS award given to the Best VC for the first time

The winner of a special category Best Venture Capitalist, the partner of which was RVC, was named at the award ceremony ARISTOS-2012 held on October, 24.

According to the decision of the Expert Council of the Prize, the winner in this category became Sergei Belousov, a senior founding partner of Runa Capital fund.

The decisive factor in the emergence of the new category in the history of one of the most prestigious awards of domestic business was a significant increase in investment activity in the segment of venture financing.

One of the purposes of RVC is the positioning of the venture capital industry as a growing and very promising area for business. Examples of successful venture capital funds speak for themselves due to unique competences and professionalism of managers. ARISTOS Award allowed to identify the most successful venture capitalists in 2012. Hopefully, the category will be permanent and will annually award the best of the best, - Ilya Kurmyshev said, the head of the program for promoting venture and innovation activities of RVC.